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Hi I currently have a HR22-100 receiver.
Ever since getting the new update to my receiver it has been VERY slow.
I takes like 5 seconds for the guide to show up.
When I type in channel numbers is always takes forever for the receiver to register.
The channels take forever to change.

It's just so frustrating.

Is there a way I can go to the old layout because that one was much faster. I just can't deal with the new set up.

Try this:
Go into Menu, Settings, Display,
Resolutions and uncheck all but the 1080i resolution,
also
Display, Video and set Native to OFF

Menu, Settings, Display, Preferences and set Scrolling to OFF.

Now Menu, Settings, Reset and use the first choice in the list to reset the receiver.

You might want to try this also.
Go to channel 1.
Once the page is operating including audio,
use the remote and press Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Green in exactly that order.
This must be done quickly. Otherwise the yellow press will bring up a quick
options menu. That will display a message about the NVRAM being cleared inthe lower left.

Try this:Go into Menu, Settings, Display,Resolutions and uncheck all but the 1080i resolution,alsoDisplay, Video and set Native to OFF

Menu, Settings, Display, Preferences and set Scrolling to OFF.

Now Menu, Settings, Reset and use the first choice in the list to reset the receiver.

You might want to try this also.Go to channel 1.Once the page is operating including audio,use the remote and press Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Green in exactly that order.This must be done quickly. Otherwise the yellow press will bring up a quickoptions menu. That will display a message about the NVRAM being cleared inthe lower left.

According to VOS, it's going to channel 1 for long enough that does it, not clearing NVRAM.

Agreed that the HD GUI update has increased, not decreased, the speed of my DVRs.

There was that batch of bad software a few months ago, and after the HD GUI update, that slowed down my HR23 but didn't seem to affect my HR20 too badly. With the latest update, 0x5d2, which came out last June, the slowness went away.

That's why I continue to be interested in the software the OP is running.

Agreed that the HD GUI update has increased, not decreased, the speed of my DVRs.

There was that batch of bad software a few months ago, and after the HD GUI update, that slowed down my HR23 but didn't seem to affect my HR20 too badly. With the latest update, 0x5d2, which came out last June, the slowness went away.

That's why I continue to be interested in the software the OP is running.

Honestly, I think you are just used to the slowness. It bogged my HR23 down with the Feb (I think) release and has never really gotten better. It is tolerable but by no stretch of the imagination is it an increase or "improved performance" running 0x5d2.

Granted I do have Native on and Scrolling effects on, but my point is that turning them off should not be required for improved performance. It should simply be a preference.

Honestly, I think you are just used to the slowness. It bogged my HR23 down with the Feb (I think) release and has never really gotten better. It is tolerable but by no stretch of the imagination is it an increase or "improved performance" running 0x5d2.

Granted I do have Native on and Scrolling effects on, but my point is that turning them off should not be required for improved performance. It should simply be a preference.

My HR20 has never really been an issue.

I'm the opposite. My original hr20 choked on the new GUI. My used to be god awful slow HR21 is now lightening fast. I have native and scrolling on. My other hr20 is about the same as it ever was although scrolling is faster with the new GUI.

That probably helps explain why it is performing so poorly. These things are NOT meant to be plugged in just when you want to watch football. The HDD is probably trashed or has gone bad. Electronics devices like these are not meant to be used like that. Liken it to your computer, if you only used it a few months a year, it would spend most of its time just trying to catch up with software updates you missed the other 7 months of the year. For some, it doesnt matter how fast the sat device is, it will never be fast enough, but most have seen that a proper functioning receiver/dvr is quite usable using the newer HD Gui that we have had for a least 6 months.

I'd recommend taking jimmie57's drastic measures, NateCohen. You are using the latest software. Something is seriously wrong with your DVR. Short of junking the whole thing and getting an HR24, which would solve your problem, it's the last step.

And do leave it plugged in and operating the rest of the year, would ya? CCarncross is right. You wouldn't put a lineman in a football game who's been sitting on the couch eating Cheetos since February, would you? If you just plugged your HR22 in, it's probably updating it's little heart out right now, and is justifiably slow.